Before we could leave Gemini J there were a couple of jobs that Skipper Nigel wanted to do. As I said in the last blog – one of them involved some very expensive liquids – to fix a couple of small rust patches on the keel.
The first job was to grind off the rust – not easy when you want to use a very noisy grinder on the first of August. We had been told that August was a time for no loud boat work so Skipper timed his noisy fifteen minutes to coincide with a boat being put in the water (which meant the boatyard machinery was already making noise). We were very happy when that was done – the next steps were more or less silent since they were the painting. First the specialist product for preventing rust, followed by the anti-foul paint.
When the paint went on Skipper found out it was a completely different color (we had been offered blue or blue in the shop ;-)) As he said – as long as the fish like it – that’s all that’s important since they’re the only ones that will see it (barring you readers of course)
While all that painting was going on I did a lot of washing – in what must be one of the more spectacular places to do it in the med. (No humping bags down the main road to the launderette here!)
Our last day in Menorca was a really hot one and I went for a walk along the shoreline to cool down (that really didn’t work it was so hot, but it was a lovely walk nevertheless). This is a wonderful place and we will very much look forward to coming back here in September to continue our adventures.
It was a very early start for our hour long flight back to Murcia. It was very strange being in a busy airport and then flying rather than the leisurely sailing we’re used to. We got stunning views from the aircraft as we flew over each of the three main Balearic Islands – more or less following the route we will sail back.
We were sorry to be leaving Gemini J behind in Menorca but excited to get back home and see our cats (and house). We have a month of relaxing and catching up with home jobs before we go back to Menorca to start our gorgeous trip back home via the remaining Balearic Islands. I hope all you readers have a fabulous August and all that remains to say is “hasta septiembre!” xx
The Adventures of Gemini J 